Animation And Design Techniques For Anime Characters (Mook)

Junichi Hayama is an animator and character designer known from his work in Fist of the North Star, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Gu-Gu Ganmo, and Votoms Finder among others. In this mook, he explains his ideas on drawing characters and supplies the reader with techniques on how to make their characters move and how to draw them apart to show their most important traits. It shows the process of building up characters through an original story he created just for the sake of this mook, including counseling with the directing staff. It also features a talk with his pupil, Yoshihiko Umakoshi. This art book is recommended for fans of Junichi Hayama and for anyone who would like to acquire the craft of drawing anime characters from a real master.